GIOELLO Nick R <br />From: <br />pfisher <pfisher@continet.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, March 05, 2018 2:28 PM <br />To: <br />GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject: <br />CHPUD Letter <br />DATE: March 5, 2018 <br />TO: Hearing Officials, Capital Hill PUD <br />From: Peggy Fisher <br />2808 Capital Drive <br />Eugene, OR 97403 <br />RE: CHPUD <br />Hendricks Park is a destination park in the heart of the city of Eugene frequented by locals and <br />visitors alike. It's one of the Pioneer Parks still left in America where one can get a sense of <br />bygone days. It's a place where families, hikers, etc. can go to rejuvenate themselves from the <br />hectic pace of city life under a historic canopy of towering Douglas Fir Trees. <br />Although The White Oak Tree is also a special feature of Hendricks Park, it's the historically clad <br />aspect of Hendricks Park, the 'Douglas Fir' Trees, which truly are the heart of Hendricks Park. <br />These towering giants are reminders of the vast, great forest beyond the city which makes this <br />park unique as it gives one a sense of experiencing the great outdoors in the middle of the city. <br />Along with the towering 'Douglas Fir' Trees that provides shelter for numerous wildlife, birds, <br />plant species, etc. and that filters noise and pollution from our area, <br />has wildflowers, streams, etc. that make the journey through Hendricks Park so remarkable. <br />Frederick Law Olmsted, the great landscape architect of Central Park in New York City, spoke <br />frequently about the need for modern man to have a change of <br />scenery from the hectic paces of life. How parks were the essential backdrop <br />for restoration of man's soul as they provided solace, refreshment under the <br />complex canopy of nature, etc. <br />He talked about the importance of having a gradual transition of nature from a city that <br />gradually led up to the full experience of nature in a park in all of its natural <br />glory. <br />